Non-Adoption of the internet in Great Britain and Sweden a cross-national comparison

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-420

  Reisdorf, Bianca Christin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; ICTs; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953130009     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.543141     Document Type: Article

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